Lucille Ball was a big television star. In 1952, at the height of the Red Scare, a congressional committee revealed that she had registered to vote as a Communist in 1936. A flurry of accusations and denials followed. Lucy survived the storm and she always contended that she was never a Communist. However, some evidence implies she might not have been completely honest in her statements about her Communist activity. CL Gammon looks at all the facts and answers the question, "Was Lucille Ball a Communist?"